Tuesday, June 30, 2009

New Laws Protect Homeowners, Whistle Blowers

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Gov. Ed Rendell has signed two bills into law to crack down on mortgage fraud in Pennsylvania.[The first bill mandates better communication between homeowners and their lenders. The other bill will protect employees at mortgage companies who report illegal activity.]The first bill mandates better communication between homeowners and their lenders. The other bill will protect

New Laws Protect Homeowners, Whistle Blowers

HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Gov. Ed Rendell has signed two bills into law to crack down on mortgage fraud in Pennsylvania.[The first bill mandates better communication between homeowners and their lenders. The other bill will protect employees at mortgage companies who report illegal activity.]The first bill mandates better communication between homeowners and their lenders. The other bill will protect

Sunday, June 28, 2009

On Iran....Read this if you want to help or get help!

The government in Iran is still increasing internet filtering and throttling in an attempt to silence their people. Anonymous info shows that many in Iran are looking for proxy and Tor information in Tehran and all around the country. Please donate your bandwidth to help bring down the Iran Curtain. Here are links on how to help and get help on this:English: Tor and the Iranian Election - Bring

On Iran....Read this if you want to help or get help!

The government in Iran is still increasing internet filtering and throttling in an attempt to silence their people. Anonymous info shows that many in Iran are looking for proxy and Tor information in Tehran and all around the country. Please donate your bandwidth to help bring down the Iran Curtain. Here are links on how to help and get help on this:English: Tor and the Iranian Election - Bring

Friday, June 26, 2009

Is this a good thing?

AUSTIN, Texas, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First American Spatial Solutions (FASS), a member of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies and a leader in spatial and natural hazard risk solutions, announced today that it has digitally mapped more than 120 million of America's property parcels - something no other public or private entity has been able to accomplish

Is this a good thing?

AUSTIN, Texas, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First American Spatial Solutions (FASS), a member of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF) family of companies and a leader in spatial and natural hazard risk solutions, announced today that it has digitally mapped more than 120 million of America's property parcels - something no other public or private entity has been able to accomplish

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

skipping legal advice with a trust and living to regret it

Here's a case to ponder.An elderly lady is in a nursing home. We'll call her Sally. Sally deeded her real estate into a Trust. She also gave a Power of Attorney to her granddaughter, we'll call her Polly.Polly listed the real estate for sale and signed the sales agreement using the POA.I examined title, including the trust document and found no authority for using the POA. Instead what I found